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israel. as, leland, there is a possible concern of a ground war escalating there not just involving hamas and israel, but perhaps the region. and just to bring you up-to-date, they've had close to 150 missiles fired today alone, we're told, sorry, rockets fired today alone. the locals there ordered by authorities to stay close to a network of public bomb shelters, and israel says it will not tolerate a situation where its people are under constant threat of rocket fire. all of that is happening today just one day after a top a maas commander was taken out in an israeli air strike. the mourners were chanting at his funeral that they want to kill in the name of god and the enemy would bear the consequences. today those consequences included a deadly attack in southern israel, three people killed when their apartment was hit by a rocket, and now there are new signs that hamas' capabilities may be growing. a rocket landed just outside of tel aviv in the last hour, and meantime, a new twist. we ar
israel. as, leland, there is a possible concern of a ground war escalating there not just involving hamas and israel, but perhaps the region. and just to bring you up-to-date, they've had close to 150 missiles fired today alone, we're told, sorry, rockets fired today alone. the locals there ordered by authorities to stay close to a network of public bomb shelters, and israel says it will not tolerate a situation where its people are under constant threat of rocket fire. all of that is happening...
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against israel from gaza. but if they don't have those rockets they can't launch them. >> reporter: this conflict in the gaza strip needs to be seen in a larger concept of israel's concerns about iran. >> our problem is not our border with gaza but other countries' borders with today toda -- bord. the rockets being fired at us come directly from iran. hamas terrorists have trained with the iranians. there is a strong>> reporter: iw years with the help of iran hamas has been stockpiling these rockets with a longer range. israel has long known that if it participates in a strike on iran's nuclear program that iran will use hamas and hezbollah to fire rockets into israel. the israelis think they will have to deal with the rockets from gaza sooner or later and it's likely they will have to send in grounds forces. the pentagon is watching this very closely. for the first time hamas has fired rockets capable of hitting tel aviv and jerusalem. they were smuggled in through tunnels which is easier to do since the arab
against israel from gaza. but if they don't have those rockets they can't launch them. >> reporter: this conflict in the gaza strip needs to be seen in a larger concept of israel's concerns about iran. >> our problem is not our border with gaza but other countries' borders with today toda -- bord. the rockets being fired at us come directly from iran. hamas terrorists have trained with the iranians. there is a strong>> reporter: iw years with the help of iran hamas has been...
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back israel? that's the real test. >> what message are we sending in i'll pick it up with juan right after the break. call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. megyn: juan, your thoughts on weakness provocative and staying silent is somehow a message to the world that we may not have israel's back? >> i don't think that at play at all. mark says words have power and i couldn't agree more. but in this situation i think strengths requires some degree of restraint. the united states has been very clear in saying israel has a right to defend itself and actions speak much louder. the iron dome protecting israel is a u.s.-based idea and one that the u.s. has fund as well as military assets given to the israelis to responds. i don't think there is any question about u.s. support for israel in the arab mind or near the united states. so the words would not serve any great purpose but to add fire to a flame that's burning
back israel? that's the real test. >> what message are we sending in i'll pick it up with juan right after the break. call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. megyn: juan, your thoughts on weakness provocative and staying silent is somehow a message to the world that we may not have israel's back? >> i don't think that at play at all. mark says words have power and i couldn't agree more. but in...
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how he was not backing of israel on anything and if you care about israel, don't vote for barack obama. when push comes to shove, he has good by israel all the way. so i think that people who want that outcome in terms of how the president should be acting should be very happy with them. i am more on the side of being an honest broker between both sides. before the people who want him to just take the israel mind, that is essentially what he has done and i have always found these criticisms the claim that he is anti-israel, i do not understand them because he has stood with them except on one issue, which is to stop building settlements, which seems like an obvious thing. so i think that he has politically, because the u.s. is such a pro-israel country, he is in a good position. megyn: yesterday they refuse to condemn turkey statement. calling israel a bunch of terrorists. she was asked why don't you condemn not. she said she's not going to get in a match between the allies. >> exactly, they are in the middle of trying to negotiate a cease-fire and what benefit is there for them to att
how he was not backing of israel on anything and if you care about israel, don't vote for barack obama. when push comes to shove, he has good by israel all the way. so i think that people who want that outcome in terms of how the president should be acting should be very happy with them. i am more on the side of being an honest broker between both sides. before the people who want him to just take the israel mind, that is essentially what he has done and i have always found these criticisms the...
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hamas already accusing israel of breaking the rules of the cease-fire, both sides, hamas and israel claiming victory. where do we move from here and dew think the cease-fire will hold? >> i think it will probably hold temporarily. hamas got what they want out of it. a political victory. there are some concessions out of the israelis on the blockade and no more assassination attempt on their leaders. the israelis exposed their missile defense system and largely defeated the short range missile and rocket system. heather: perhaps that was a short-term goal and the long-term goal perhaps has to do with iran. >> we are seeing a window of a new kind of war. if the israelis attack iran the response will be a three-tiered myself isle and rocket system the world has never seen before. one would be short range that hamas would use. israel defended against those using their so-called iron dome system and they conducted many air attacks against stockpiles and battery sites. the second system would come out of hezbollah from lebanon. they have 100,000 myself isles. those can reach all of israel's major
hamas already accusing israel of breaking the rules of the cease-fire, both sides, hamas and israel claiming victory. where do we move from here and dew think the cease-fire will hold? >> i think it will probably hold temporarily. hamas got what they want out of it. a political victory. there are some concessions out of the israelis on the blockade and no more assassination attempt on their leaders. the israelis exposed their missile defense system and largely defeated the short range...
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/israel relations after the elections here. the prime minister here in israel, prime minister netanyahu, and president obama have a very icy relationship. the prime minister all but endorsed governor romney in the past election, and there's been a lot of fear here that now a second term president obama will take a much tougher line against israel when it comes to iran, when it comes to the palestinians. there has been some vocal, hostile, very negative reaction here by israeli politicians to president obama's re-election, and there's a lot of anger at the prime minister for making israel and the united states' support of israel a partisan issue, a political issue during the presidential election. and just to give you a kind of sense of how it looks from here, somebody who's very keyed in this to the u.s./israeli relationship told me that president obama is going to eat, quote: grilled bebe for lunch coming inauguration day. megyn: as leland just mentioned, israel's prime minister warned that his country will go it alone against
/israel relations after the elections here. the prime minister here in israel, prime minister netanyahu, and president obama have a very icy relationship. the prime minister all but endorsed governor romney in the past election, and there's been a lot of fear here that now a second term president obama will take a much tougher line against israel when it comes to iran, when it comes to the palestinians. there has been some vocal, hostile, very negative reaction here by israeli politicians to...
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human rights council which has been very anti-israel. and her defense is, look, we do it because it would have been even worse if america hadn't been there to defend israel as this israel bashing went on. >> part of the problem with that statement is that it's indefensible. she made that statement two weeks after the human rights council finished a session in which it passed more israel-bashing resolutions than it had at any session before. so if her presence is doing any good -- or our presence is doing any good, it's not perceptible. megyn: what about syria? we've lost our focus on it in the recent weeks and months with the election, but they are involved in a civil war now, and it was said that bashar assad was about to go. well, he hasn't gone, and, you know, thousands upon thousands of children are dying in syria, many being tortured in front of tear families, and the -- in front of their families, and the unite isn't doing that much. we tried to do something at the united nations, it failed. >> it failed in large measure because th
human rights council which has been very anti-israel. and her defense is, look, we do it because it would have been even worse if america hadn't been there to defend israel as this israel bashing went on. >> part of the problem with that statement is that it's indefensible. she made that statement two weeks after the human rights council finished a session in which it passed more israel-bashing resolutions than it had at any session before. so if her presence is doing any good -- or our...
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immediate after president obama publicly praised morsi for his role in brokering the truce between israel and hamas militants. so what is this guy morsery really up to? he goes in. sweeps into hamas. he will be the savior. will help broker a peace deal, meanwhile with the other hand back in egypt he is guilty of a huge power grab that makes him awful lot like a dictator in what was supposed to be a more democratic egypt. so what happens now with the country we currently support with almost $2 billion in foreign aid? ambassador john bolton was one of the very first to warn, be careful what you wish for when the arab spring drove morsi's predecessor, mubarak, from power. that guy was basically a dictator too but he was a pro-western dictator. now there is a question whether we have upgraded and whether the egyptian people have. we'll ask ambassador bolton what he thinks. >>> in washington we're hearing new concerns over the fate of the recently ramped up budget talks in washington and what they're talking about is your money and how much they're going to take. after a growing number of libe
immediate after president obama publicly praised morsi for his role in brokering the truce between israel and hamas militants. so what is this guy morsery really up to? he goes in. sweeps into hamas. he will be the savior. will help broker a peace deal, meanwhile with the other hand back in egypt he is guilty of a huge power grab that makes him awful lot like a dictator in what was supposed to be a more democratic egypt. so what happens now with the country we currently support with almost $2...
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in very close contact with countries like turkey and jordan that immediately border syria and impact israel which is having already grave concerns about, for example, movements of chemical weapons that might occur in such a chaotic atmosphere. they could have an impact not just within syria but on the region as a whole. i'm encouraged to see the syrian opposition created an umbrella group that may have more cohesion than they have had in the past. we'll be talking with them. my even voice will be traveling to the -- my envoys will be traveling to meet with them. we consider them as the aspirations of the syrian people. one of the options we'll continue to press is making sure that opposition is committed to a democratic syria, an inclusive syria, a moderate syria. we have seen extremist element insinuate themselves into the opposition. and one of the things we have to be on guard about particularly when we start talking about arming opposition figures, is that we are not indirectly putting arms in the hands of folks who would do americans harm or do israelis harm or otherwise engage in acti
in very close contact with countries like turkey and jordan that immediately border syria and impact israel which is having already grave concerns about, for example, movements of chemical weapons that might occur in such a chaotic atmosphere. they could have an impact not just within syria but on the region as a whole. i'm encouraged to see the syrian opposition created an umbrella group that may have more cohesion than they have had in the past. we'll be talking with them. my even voice will...